Centurian is a UC Davis cross of Carignan, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Grenache — a sibling of Carnelian, both bred by Harold Olmo for color and productivity in California's hot Central Valley. CDFA's ledger shows bearing acreage declining steadily from 256 acres near 2000 to 92 acres by 2025, planted in Fresno, Glenn, Madera, and Tulare counties. Crush volumes were once considerable, reaching about 2,829 tons in a peak year, but reporting stopped after 2020 even as the small remaining acreage persists in the planting series through 2025. Like Carnelian, it was designed for bulk red wine, not varietal bottling.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Synonyms
- 1
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Centurian, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.
- 67
county-years of acreage
4 counties, 92 bearing acres in 2025
- 28
district-years of crush
2 of 17 crush districts, 20 crop years
- 28
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 0
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
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regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Acreage in California
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Counties and concentration
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Where it is planted
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Share of each county's vineyard
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The counties
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Tonnage and price by district
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Brix at the crusher
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